2018 RETAIL ASIA-PACIFIC TOP 500
■ Hardline stores
Include furniture and homewares stores,
home improvement and gardening
stores, and electronics and appliance
specialist retailers.
■ Health & beauty stores
Retail outlets with a primary focus on
selling one or more of the following
categories:
• Prescription-bound medicines
• OTC healthcare
• Cosmetics and toiletries
• Household care products
• Disposable paper products
• Nutritionals
• Medical and orthopaedic goods
■ Hypermarkets
Include stores with a sales area of more
than 2,500sqm, and with a primary focus
on selling food/beverages/tobacco and
other groceries. Hypermarkets also sell a
range of non-grocery merchandise.
■ Media products stores
Retail outlets specialising in the sale
of recorded music, films, video games
(including hardware), books, journals
and magazines or a combination of
these, including digital downloads.
■ Sports goods stores
Retail outlets with a primary focus on
selling one or more of the following
categories:
• Sports apparel and equipment
• Outdoor pursuits apparel and equip-
ment
• Bicycles and cycling accessories
■ Supermarkets
Retail outlets with a selling space of
between 400sqm and 2,500sqm and
with a primary focus on selling food/
beverages/tobacco and other groceries.
Supermarkets may also sell a selection
of non-groceries.
■ Others
Include warehouse clubs and retail outlets
specialising in food/drink/tobacco, toys and
games, jewellery, watches, other leisure and
personal goods, and so on.
The following data types are presented
for the Retail Asia-Pacific Top 500:
■ Retail value sales (excluding
sales tax)
Value sales generated (excluding sales tax)
from the sale of new and used goods to the
general public for personal or household
consumption from retail outlets, kiosks
and stalls. Excludes revenues generated
from services (for example, banking,
insurance and telecom services) and by
specialist retailers of motor vehicles, mo-
torcycles, vehicle parts, fuel, foodservice,
rental and hire, wholesalers, cash-and-carry
outlets, and so on. Retailing also excludes
the informal retail sector, that is, the retail
trade which is not declared to the tax
authorities.
■ Company names
The company names included in the Top 500
ranking are representing the company that
owns, or licenses, the fascia in each country
and market segment. The companies are
frequently a subsidiary of the global owner
of the fascia (and sometimes it is the same
company) but not necessarily — it may
be operating under licence or a franchise
agreement.
OV E R V I E W
METHODOLOGY
Companies which have spun off from
each other in the past and currently oper-
ate separately, instead of as a part of a
larger group, are represented separately,
for example, Matahari Department Store
and Matahari Putra Prima in Indonesia.
Similarly, companies which were estab-
lished as a joint venture between two
different market players, and their owner-
ship is split equally between each of the
partners, are represented as companies
on their own in the ranking.
■ Retail sales area
Also known as selling space, this refers
to the space within a retail store used for
trading and includes sales floor, changing
rooms, checkouts, areas behind counters
and so on. Space allocated to warehous-
ing, offices and car parks is excluded.
■ Outlets
Fixed business units that are used princi-
pally for retailing, that is, selling consumer
goods to the general public.
■ Review period
This refers to the five-year period from
2012 to 2016 inclusive.
■ Forecast period
This refers to the five-year period from
2017 to 2021 inclusive.
■ Store-based retailing
Store-based retailing is the aggrega-
tion of grocery retailers, non-grocery
specialists and mixed retailers. Excludes
specialist retailers of motor vehicles,
motorcycles, vehicle parts, fuel. Also
excludes foodservice, rental and hire and
wholesale industries, including cash-and-
carry. Excludes the informal retail sector.
In relation to foodservice sales, the
store-based retailing data includes
sales of prepared food, like that often
sold through in-store delis as well as
hot and cold bars. Foodservice sales
are excluded from store sales when a
foodservice outlet can be clearly iden-
tified by a separate ordering station.
Often, this includes a dedicated sitting
area.
Sales are also excluded when the
company reports foodservice sales
separately. Takeaway food, such as sand-
wiches or ready-to-drink coffee at con-
venience stores, is also not included. ra
*For further information on Internet retailing, refer
to pages 73.
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